Lead Camp Limestone

The Lead Camp Limestone is a geologic formation in the San Andres Mountains of New Mexico.

The limestone forms prominent cliffs capping the southern San Andres Mountains.

[2] Deposition began in the late Morrowan (Bashkirian) to the south, spread to the north in the Atokan (early Moscovian, and continued into the Missourian (Kasimovian) Age.

[2] The formation contains marine fossils in the calcareous shale beds.

[2] The formation was first defined by George Bachman and Donald Myers in 1969, for exposures near the confluence of Lead Camp and San Andres Canyons.